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Students who took part in demonstration pose for photo
Student solidarity
'We stand with Mizzou'
Published Nov 15, 2015
Nearly 150 at JHU's medical campus voice support for protest movement against racial bias in higher education
A student protester holds a sign that reads 'JHU stands with Mizzou, Yale, Howard, Claremont McKenna, VCA, Ithaca, Bowie State, USC'
Student protest
'It happens here, too!'
Published Nov 13, 2015 Photos
Students protest racial discrimination on campus, show solidarity with students at Missouri and at colleges across the U.S.
Charles Blow (right) responds to a question while seated on stage in front of a blue Johns Hopkins banner; moderator Lester Spence is seated to Blow's right
JHU Race Forum
On police brutality, 'the two black Americas'
Published Oct 29, 2015
'New York Times' journalist Charles Blow visits Homewood campus for second event in JHU Forums on Race in America series
Opera
An exploration of racism
Published May-June 2015
Peabody student Frances Pollock composes, stages opera based on 1944 execution of 14-year-old George Stinney / Gazette
Race in America forum
A conversation about racism, past and present
Published April 30, 2015
Acclaimed writer Ta-Nehisi Coates speaks at inaugural JHU Forum on Race in America
Commentary
Inequality after racism
Published Feb 17, 2015
Provost Lieberman, co-author examine how institutions hold back African-Americans / Foreign Affairs
'Selma' sparks discussion
Published Feb 12, 2015 Video
Following free screening, students, experts talk about racism from civil rights era to 21st century
Movie night
Free 'Selma' screening
Published Feb 6, 2015 Video
Charles Theatre viewing of Oscar-nominated film will be followed by panel discussion, Q&A
#blacklivesmatter
JHU students stage 'die-ins'
Published Dec 11, 2014
Hundreds take part in peaceful demonstrations on Homewood, East Baltimore campuses
The march, 50 years later
A call for economic justice
Published Aug 26, 2013 Video
JHU history professor discusses the significance of the March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963